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Advocates demand Schumer do more to end crack cocaine sentencing disparity

Por: New York Daily News Politics July 25, 2023

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Advocates for criminal justice reform are pushing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to advance a bill that would eliminate the long-standing sentencing disparities in place for people found guilty of possessing crack cocaine versus powder cocaine. The bill, known as the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law, or EQUAL Act, would end the practice of slapping people convicted of crack possession with longer prison stays... + full article



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